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Effects of biochar carried microbial agent on compost quality, greenhouse gas emission and bacterial community during sheep manure composting
Summary
Researchers found that combining biochar (a carbon-rich soil amendment) with beneficial microbes as a composting additive significantly improved compost quality while cutting methane, nitrous oxide, and ammonia emissions by 65%, 69%, and 42%, respectively, during sheep manure composting. The approach offers a practical way to make agricultural waste management both more productive and lower-emission.
Abstract Although composting is a very effective way to dispose agricultural wastes, its development is greatly limited by the low compost quality and greenhouse gas emissions. At present, there is a lack of effective means to solve these two problems simultaneously. Here, the effects of three additives of compound microbial agent, biochar and biochar carried microbial agent on the composting performance, nitrogen transformation, greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions, and bacterial communities were investigated in sheep manure composting during 28 days. Results showed that biochar carried microbial agent prolonged the thermophilic stage and promoted compost maturity. At the same time, it was confirmed by the increase of the decomposition of organic nitrogen and the transformation of NH 4 + -N to NO 3 − -N. Besides, adding biochar carried microbial agent decreased CH 4 , NH 3 and N 2 O emissions by 65.23%, 42.05% and 68.64%, respectively. The gas emissions were mainly correlated to Chloroflexi , Myxococcota , Acidobacteriota , Firmicutes , and Gemmatimonadota . Redundancy analysis showed that EC and TKN were closely related to bacterial community. Therefore, biochar carried microbial agent is recommended as an effective additive to enhance compost quality and reduce gas emissions during sheep manure composting. Graphical Abstract
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